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Atropia

2025 · 103 min

A wry, offbeat satire that blurs performance and reality, leaving a lingering melancholy beneath the absurdity.

Directed by
Hailey Benton Gates
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Alia Shawkat, Zahra Alzubaidi, Callum Turner
Tagline
The story of a real fake place.
Overview
When an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, their unsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance.

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Directed by
Hailey Benton Gates
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Alia Shawkat, Zahra Alzubaidi, Callum Turner
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • media
  • war
  • deception
Places
  • military
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Hailey Benton Gates
Written by
Hailey Benton Gates
Starring
Alia Shawkat, Zahra Alzubaidi, Callum Turner, Cristian Valle, Toby Nichols, Gil Perez-Abraham, June Carryl, Shaholly Ayers
Music
Max Whipple, Robert Ames
Cinematography
Eric K. Yue
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America, France, Italy
Languages
English, Arabic

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